Leadership Explosion: Multiplying Cell Group Leaders for the Harvest [Paperback]

Joel Comiskey (Author), Joel T. Comiskey (Author), Joel T. Comiskey (Author)

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If your groups need more leaders, this book is for you! Dr. Comiskey demonstrates how effective churches develop leaders. Then he shows you how to do the same by outlines the principles of leadership development that will work in any church. This book will revolutionize your future ministry (C. Peter Wagner Chancellor, Wagner Leadership Institute)

Many thanks to Comiskey for a helpful and practical book. Many church growth strategies work in the short run, but only leadership multiplication creates ongoing kingdom expansion. This book communicates biblical, proven and effective principles. My advice to you: "Eat this book!" Let it shape your heart, your vision and strategy (Jim Egli, Author, Pastor, and TOUCH Trainer)

Joel Comiskey shares insights as a leader who has himself raised up numerous leaders. From how to recognize potential leaders to cell leader training to time-tested principles of leadership, this book has it all. The accurate comparisons of various training models make it a great resource for those who desire more leaders. Great book! (Billy Hornsby, National Director, Bethany Cell Church Network)

Comiskey provides an inspiring panoramic view of leadership in this book. The concluding chapters, which outline the guidelines, models and principles for training effective cell group leaders, will prove especially helpful to churches that are seeking to deal with leadership issues (Karen Hurston, Hurston Ministries)

Once again, Joel Comiskey has provided a book that answers the questions of those in the cell church movement. I read the manuscript with pen in hand, underlining so many sentences that few were left untouched! This book will be an excellent reference for cell leaders and might well be incorporated into their ongoing training (Ralph W. Neighbour, Jr., Founder, TOUCH Outreach Ministries)

Joel has the divine ability to take vital kingdom information compiled from throughout the body of Christ and boil it down so churches can clearly understand and practically apply these truths. I highly recommend this book for everyone who is serious about training leaders for the harvest (Larry Kreider, International Director, DOVE Christian Fellowship International)

About the Author

Joel Comiskey currently serves as a missionary with the C&MA in Latin America. He holds the Ph.D. degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in Intercultural Studies. Along with leading cell seminars around the country, he forms an integral part of the pastoral team in a growing cell church in Quito, Ecuador. Joel and his wife Celyce have three daughters.

Product Details

• Paperback: 210 pages
• Publisher: Touch Outreach Ministries; 1st edition (August 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880828235
• ISBN-13: 978-1880828236
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #353,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

My early childhood was spent in Long Beach, CA, where both of my parents were teachers at Long Beach City College. I attended elementary school through high school in L.B. I was transformed by Jesus Christ in 1974 at the age of seventeen after searching in many directions for the meaning of life. In 1978, I felt a definite call to be a missionary. In 1986, I met my wife Celyce Hahn of Mariposa, California, and we were married in Feb. 1988. In 1990 we left for missionary service in Ecuador, South America. In 2001 we returned for ministry in the U.S. and now live in Southern California with our three daughters: Sarah, Nicole, and Chelsea.

I received a Ph.D. from Fuller Seminary and am founder and president of Cell Church Solutions (CCS), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping churches fulfill the great commission.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is an excellent resource for cell churches, December 4, 2002

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Darcie (Jamaica, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leadership Explosion: Multiplying Cell Group Leaders for the Harvest (Paperback)

Joel Comiskey has written many books on cell groups and cell churches. In my opinion, this is the most practical. It is particularly helpful for laying the foundation of a new cell ministry. God is showing us that small group settings allow for deeper discipleship and rapid church growth. However, before we can multiply cells, we need to equip our leaders. It isn't about the quantity, it is about quality. I highly recommend this book to all those who are looking to start a new cell ministry. The harvest is plenty, but the workers are few. Let God begin to multiply cell group leaders within your church.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Highly Recommended Tool!, March 9, 2001

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Charles E. Fowler "author" (Colorado Springs, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leadership Explosion: Multiplying Cell Group Leaders for the Harvest (Paperback)

This is an excellent in depth tool for church leaders who want to reach their communities for Christ. This hands on, nuts and bolts approach will inspire you to do exploits for the Kingdom of God.

Like a hammer and a wrench, this book is a must have in every church leaders tool box.

Buy them and give them out to pastors everywhere.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST READ if you're starting cells, November 12, 2003

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Pappa (Maine USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Leadership Explosion: Multiplying Cell Group Leaders for the Harvest (Paperback)

This book powerfully impacted me as the cell administrator of our church. Joel's message in this book has found it's way into a majority of my teaching of both the new and existing cell leaders. If you're looking at becoming a cell church, this book will be a great asset to you. It will give you practical information, but (in my opinion) more importantly, it will inspire you. I couldn't put it down.